Dallas

Dallas is a major American city located in northeastern Texas. Dallas is the ninth-largest city in the USA and the fourth-largest metropolitan area, having a population of 7,206,144 people in 2016. Dallas was founded on 2 February 1856, named for Vice-President George M. Dallas, and it became a major industrial and financial center, developing due to the construction of railroads, interstate highways, and the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Its growth led to it becoming the largest metro area in the entire American South.